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53:5.1 Upon the outbreak of the [[Satania]] [[rebellion]], [[Michael]] took [[counsel]] of his [[Paradise]] [[brother]], [[Immanuel]]. Following this momentous [[conference]], [[Michael]] announced that he would pursue the same [[policy]] which had characterized his dealings with similar [[upheavals]] in the [[past]], an [[attitude]] of noninterference.

53:5.1 Upon the outbreak of the [[Satania]] [[rebellion]], [[Michael]] took [[counsel]] of his [[Paradise]] [[brother]], [[Immanuel]]. Following this momentous [[conference]], [[Michael]] announced that he would pursue the same [[policy]] which had characterized his dealings with similar [[upheavals]] in the [[past]], an [[attitude]] of noninterference.

53:5.2 At the time of this [[rebellion]] and the two which preceded it there was no [[absolute]] and [[personal]] [[sovereign]] [[authority]] in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. [[Michael]] ruled by [[divine]] [[right]], as vicegerent of the [[Universal Father]], but not yet in his own [[personal]] right. He had not completed his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119 bestowal career]; he had not yet been vested with "all power in heaven and on earth."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_28]

53:5.2 At the time of this [[rebellion]] and the two which preceded it there was no [[absolute]] and [[personal]] [[sovereign]] [[authority]] in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. [[Michael]] ruled by [[divine]] [[right]], as vicegerent of the [[Universal Father]], but not yet in his own [[personal]] right. He had not completed his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119 bestowal career]; he had not yet been vested with "all power in heaven and on earth."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_28]

53:5.3 From the outbreak of [[rebellion]] to the day of his enthronement as [[Master Son|sovereign ruler]] of [[Nebadon]], [[Michael]] never [[interfered]] with the [[rebel]] [[forces]] of [[Lucifer]]; they were allowed to run a [[free]] [[course]] for almost two hundred thousand years of [[Urantia]] [[time]]. [[Christ]] [[Michael]] now has ample [[power]] and [[authority]] to deal promptly, even summarily, with such outbreaks of [[Rebellion|disloyalty]], but we [[doubt]] that this [[sovereign]] [[authority]] would lead him to [[act]] [[differently]] if another such [[upheaval]] should occur.

53:5.3 From the outbreak of [[rebellion]] to the day of his enthronement as [[Master Son|sovereign ruler]] of [[Nebadon]], [[Michael]] never [[interfered]] with the [[rebel]] [[forces]] of [[Lucifer]]; they were allowed to run a [[free]] [[course]] for almost two hundred thousand years of [[Urantia]] [[time]]. [[Christ]] [[Michael]] now has ample [[power]] and [[authority]] to deal promptly, even summarily, with such outbreaks of [[Rebellion|disloyalty]], but we [[doubt]] that this [[sovereign]] [[authority]] would lead him to [[act]] [[differently]] if another such [[upheaval]] should occur.

53:5.5 The [[Lucifer]] [[emblem]] was a banner of white with one red [[circle]], in the [[center]] of which a black solid circle [[appeared]].

53:5.5 The [[Lucifer]] [[emblem]] was a banner of white with one red [[circle]], in the [[center]] of which a black solid circle [[appeared]].

53:5.6 "There was [[war]] in [[heaven]]; Michael's commander and his [[angels]] fought against the dragon ([[Lucifer]], [[Satan]], and the [[apostate]] [[Planetary Prince|princes]]); and the dragon and his [[rebellious]] [[angels]] fought but prevailed not." This " war in heaven "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_12] was not a [[physical]] battle as such a [[conflict]] might be [[conceived]] on [[Urantia]]. In the early days of the [[struggle]] [[Lucifer]] held forth continuously in the [[planetary]] [[amphitheater]]. [[Gabriel]] conducted an unceasing [[exposure]] of the [[rebel]] [[sophistries]] from his [[headquarters]] taken up near at hand. The various [[personalities]] present on the [[sphere]] who were in [[doubt]] as to their [[attitude]] would [[journey]] back and forth between these [[discussions]] until they arrived at a final [[decision]].

53:5.6 "There was [[war]] in [[heaven]]; Michael's commander and his [[angels]] fought against the dragon ([[Lucifer]], [[Satan]], and the [[apostate]] [[Planetary Prince|princes]]); and the dragon and his [[rebellious]] [[angels]] fought but prevailed not." This " war in heaven "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_12] was not a [[physical]] battle as such a [[conflict]] might be [[conceived]] on [[Urantia]]. In the early days of the [[struggle]] [[Lucifer]] held forth continuously in the [[planetary]] [[amphitheater]]. [[Gabriel]] conducted an unceasing [[exposure]] of the [[rebel]] [[sophistries]] from his [[headquarters]] taken up near at hand. The various [[personalities]] present on the [[sphere]] who were in [[doubt]] as to their [[attitude]] would [[journey]] back and forth between these [[discussions]] until they arrived at a final [[decision]].

53:5.7 But this [[war]] in [[heaven]] was very terrible and very [[real]]. While displaying none of the [[barbarities]] so characteristic of [[physical]] [[warfare]] on the [[Evolutionary worlds|immature worlds]], this [[conflict]] was far more deadly; [[material]] life is in jeopardy in [[material]] combat, but the [[war]] in [[heaven]] was fought in terms of life [[eternal]].

53:5.7 But this [[war]] in [[heaven]] was very terrible and very [[real]]. While displaying none of the [[barbarities]] so characteristic of [[physical]] [[warfare]] on the [[Evolutionary worlds|immature worlds]], this [[conflict]] was far more deadly; [[material]] life is in jeopardy in [[material]] combat, but the [[war]] in [[heaven]] was fought in terms of life [[eternal]].

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[[Category:Paper 53 - The Lucifer Rebellion]]

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